Myrmica americana Weber, 1939

Guénard, Benoit, Mccaffrey, Katherine A., Lucky, Andrea & Dunn, Rob R., 2012, Ants of North Carolina: an updated list (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 3552, pp. 1-36 : 21-22

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scientific name	Myrmica americana Weber, 1939
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Myrmica americana Weber, 1939 View in CoL

Distribution in North Carolina: Western part of the state. Counties: TR, YK (material examined) and BN, GU, JA, MA (in literature).

Distribution in surrounding states: GA ( Ipser et al. 2004), SC ( Davies 2009) and VA ( Peck et al. 1998).

Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901 (rarely collected species)

Distribution in North Carolina: Appalachian Mountains. Counties: AV and YY (in literature).

Distribution in surrounding states: TN ( Dennis 1938, Cole 1940).

Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881 (rarely collected species)

Distribution in North Carolina: Appalachian Mountains. County: BN (in literature).

Distribution in surrounding states: TN (Denis 1938).

References

Cole, A. C. (1940) A guide to the ants of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist, 24, 1 - 88.

Davies, T. S. (2009) The ants of South Carolina. PhD thesis, Clemson University 290 pages.

Dennis, C. A. (1938) The distribution of ant species in Tennessee with reference to ecological factors. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 31, 267 - 308.

Ipser, R. M., Brinkman, M. A., Gardner, W. A. & Peeler, H. B. (2004) A survey of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Georgia. Florida Entomologist, 87, 253 - 260.

Peck, S. L., McQuaid, B. & Campbell, C. L. (1998) Using ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as a biological indicator of agroecosystem condition. Environmental Entomology, 27, 1102 - 1110.